The optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD) problem is an alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem where discrete control devices for regulating...

Smart homes have the potential to achieve optimal energy consumption with appropriate scheduling. It is expected that 35% of households in North America an...

The parallel space decomposition of the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search algorithm (PSD-MADS proposed in 2008) is an asynchronous parallel method for constrained ...

We consider the maximum \(k\)-cut problem that involves partitioning the vertex set of a graph into \(k\) subsets such that the sum of the weights of the...

The mesh adaptive direct search (MADS) algorithm is designed for blackbox optimization problems for which the functions defining the objective and the constr...

We investigate surrogate-assisted strategies for global derivative-free optimization using the mesh adaptive direct search MADS blackbox optimization algorit...

The classical alternating current optimal power flow problem is highly nonconvex and generally hard to solve. Convex relaxations, in particular semidefinite,...

Locally weighted regression combines the advantages of polynomial regression and kernel smoothing. We present three ideas for appropriate and effective use...

The Mesh Adaptive Direct Search algorithm (MADS) is an iterative method for constrained blackbox optimization problems. One of the optional MADS features i...

Blackbox optimization problems are often contaminated with numerical noise, and direct search methods such as the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorit...

We present a new derivative-free trust-region (DFTR) algorithm to solve general nonlinear constrained problems with the use of an augmented Lagrangian m...

We study derivative-free constrained optimization problems and propose a trust-region method that builds linear or quadratic models around the best feasible ...

An augmented Lagrangian (AL) can convert a constrained optimization problem into a sequence of simpler (e.g., unconstrained) problems, which are then usual...

We consider the maximum \(k\)-cut problem that consists in partitioning the vertex set of a graph into \(k\) subsets such that the sum of the weights o...

This work describes the application of a direct search method to the optimization of problems of real industrial interest, namely three new material scien...

This document describes the NOMAD software, a C++ implementation of the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm designed for constrained optimization of...

The types of constraints encountered in black-box and simulation-based optimization problems differ significantly from those treated in nonlinear programmin...

Various constrained problem formulations for the optimization of an electro-thermal wing anti-icing system in both running-wet and evaporative regimes are pr...

The Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm is designed for blackbox optimization problems subject to general inequality constraints. Currently, MADS do...

Constrained blackbox optimization is a difficult problem, with most approaches coming from the mathematical programming literature. The statistical literatur...